"Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has not paid any attention to OBC quota. The Maharashtra government has not been able to do what has been done by MP. The MP government has submitted the empirical data to justify political quota for OBCs and hence they have been given the nod by the SC. The Maharashtra government has killed the OBC reservation," said former CM Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur. Calling the state government incompetent, he said those responsible should tender their resignations.

The Congress alleges that the redrawing of municipal wards for the Pune Municipal Corporation election and the Mumbai Municipal Corporation election has been done in such a way that it divides the Congress pocket boroughs and benefits the NCP in Pune and the Shiv Sena in Mumbai.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretaries and in-charges of various states at the party headquarters here over Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the recommendations and decisions taken at the Udaipur Chintan Shivir.

In his resignation letter, Ghogra said that despite being a ruling party MLA and the Youth Congress' state president, he was being neglected and his voice was being suppressed by the local administration and officers.

The ministers in the MVA government "who failed to get the OBC quota" should resign, he demanded. The Supreme Court, on December 12, 2019, had asked the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government to complete the 'triple test' necessary for establishing that OBCs should be given a quota in local government bodies, he told reporters here.

??Patel, who had joined the Congress three years ago, on Wednesday resigned from the party, accusing its top leadership of behaving as if they hated Gujarat and Gujaratis. In his resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Patel (28) said he was quitting as the Gujarat Congress working president and from the party's primary membership.

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On April 27, the 6-year-old Roli was brought to the hospital with shot in the head. She reached AIIMS Delhi hospital in brain dead condition.

A former ASI officer has claimed that the Qutub Minar has been built by Raja Vikramaditya, and not by ruler Qutb al-Din Aibak, as is stated in history

The floods in Assam, which got triggered by heavy rains in the state, have led to over 6 lakh people being affected by the downpour.

Liposuction improves overall appearance of the body. It helps give the body a proper curve by smoothening it. Bariatric surgery is for weight loss.

Kangana Ranaut can be seen worshipping Lord Shiva in one of the photos. In another photo, she is seen smiling with her Dhaakad squad.

A new report has revealed that in the year 2019, 24 lakh people died in India due to different types of pollution.

Heatwave conditions in isolated pockets are very likely over Rajasthan, south Punjab, south Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh on Thursday and Friday.

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The monthly options contract will bring down cost of trading as investors incur less carrying cost.

Mumbai-born brothers David and Simon Reuben held on to their rank as the second-richest in the UK with an estimated net worth of £21.465 billion in the annual Sunday Times Rich List, topped by Russian-origin UK-US dual national Sir Leonard Blavatnik with an estimated fortune of £23 billion.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian-American Rohit Chopra as the head of a federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials.

The food drive, a collective effort of cultural and religious communities, yoga institutions, and numerous other organisations rooted in the Dharmic value, has been recognised by many states, cities and local governments, a community release issued said.

Lodha, former president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), battled COVID for the last eight months at Cleveland Clinic and breathed his last on November 21. He was 58.

American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the US on Sunday. The four Indian-American students include Swathi R Srinivasan, Vijayasundaram Ramasamy, Garima P Desai and Savarni Sanka.

She belongs to the family of K Suryanarayana Adiga, founder of the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada districts private sector Karnataka Bank Limited, and Aravind Adiga, who won theMan Booker prize in 2008.

Adiga was a senior adviser to Jill and senior policy adviser for Biden's 2020 campaign. She previously worked for the Biden Foundation as director for higher education and military families.

Slogans like- "America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho Joe Biden Jaisa Ho", "Trump Hatao America Bachao", "Biden-Harris ko Jitao, America ko aage badao" and "Jaago America Jaago- Biden Harris ko Vote do"- were also released in 14 Indian languages.

The MoS for External Affairs reiterates India’s call for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Eight arrested, search on for other accused, say police

The administration has sanctioned compassionate appointment of Bhat's widow, Meenakshi Raina, in government higher secondary school Nowabad, Jammu

Judgment upholds direct appeal to the Supreme Court under Section 22 of the NGT Act

Thousands of devotees, from T.N. and Karnataka as well, participate in the 300 years old festival

'This business of monopoly of one family must end.''Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.'

'While this (Mueller's) report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" and sets out evidence on "both sides of the question'

His condition will be 'assessed' on Monday, the Mumbai Indians team management said.

I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to: Pant

A sum insured of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.

Raipur's Nami Rai didn't let marriage or lack of sporting facilities affect her love for fitness.

'I am 51 now. I think I can do action till 56.' 'After that, God knows.'